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Shalom from Alona Nir
Israeli Rabbinic Student

Alona Nir, the Israeli Rabbinic Student who spent time with us in September 2012, was also with us over the High Holy Days. At right is a rare photo she sent us of Jerusalem in the snow. You may contact her by clicking here. She would love to hear from you.

The success of Alona's visit with TCS inspired John Golden, Co-Chair of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and the Golden Family Foundation, to provide a generous grant to initiate a five year program that will bring Israeli rabbinical students into closer contact with the North American Reform Movement. The Hanassi Fellowships serve as a conduit to provide opportunities for Israeli rabbinical students at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem to be more deeply exposed to Reform Jewry in North America.

Reflecting on her transformative experience with us at TCS, Alona Nir concludes, "It is a privilege to help forge stronger links of commitment and identification between Reform Jews and congregations in North America and the people and State of Israel."